Paul Tremblay combineert meesterlijk horror met psychologische spanning, en duikt in de donkerdere aspecten van de menselijke psyche en familiebanden. Zijn verhalen spelen zich vaak af in schijnbaar alledaagse, maar verontrustende omgevingen, wat een tastbaar gevoel van onbehagen creëert. Tremblay blinkt uit in het opbouwen van spanning en ambiguïteit, waardoor lezers worden meegesleept in een desoriënterende verkenning van realiteit en perceptie. Zijn proza is dicht en sfeervol, wat hem vestigt als een onderscheidende stem in de hedendaagse fictie.
"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts plight for a reality television show."-- Provided by publisher
Narcoleptic Southie PI Mark Genevich returns in this sequel to The Little Sleep from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Survivor Song and The Cabin at the End of the World. Like most private eyes, Mark Genevich is something of a lone wolf. So group therapy isn't a great fit. But his landlord/mother is convinced it will help his narcolepsy--ignoring the fact that his disorder is a physical condition. Truth is, he has the time. It's been a year and a half since his last big case, or any case. It's never a wise choice to go on a two-day bender with someone you meet in group therapy, but there's something about Gus that intrigues Genevich. And when his new drinking buddy asks him to protect a female friend who's being stalked, the PI finally has a case. Unfortunately, he's about to sleepwalk right into a very real nightmare. Before long he's a suspect in an arson investigation and running afoul of everyone from the cops to a litigious lawyer and a bouncer with anger management issues. Genevich must keep his wits about him--always a challenge for a detective prone to unexpected blackouts and hallucinations--to solve the crime and live to show up at his next therapy session. In Paul Tremblay's follow-up to The Little Sleep, unreliable narrator Mark Genevich once again leads readers on a surreal and suspenseful wild ride through the mean streets of South Boston and his own dreamlike reality.
"In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious virus that is spread by saliva. Those infected--both animals and humans--quickly lose their minds and are driven to bite and infect as many others as they can before they die ... or are killed. Emergency protocols are faltering, rations are being distributed, and the commonwealth is under quarantine and curfew to try to limit the spread of the new virus. Hospitals are inundated with the sick, and hysteria has taken hold. Dr. Ramola "Rams" Sherman receives a frantic phone call from Natalie, her best friend from college who is due to give birth in a matter of days. Natalie's husband has been killed--viciously attacked by an infected neighbor--and in a failed attempt to save him, Nats, too, was bitten. Her only chance of survival is to get to a hospital as quickly as possible to receive a rabies vaccine--and to deliver her child. The clock is ticking for Nats and the baby. The fight to save their lives becomes a desperate odyssey as these friends make their way through a hostile landscape filled with unexpected dangers beyond their worst nightmares. But even if Nats gets the vaccine, will it be too late?"-- Provided by publisher
Late one summer night, Elizabeth Sanderson receives the devastating news that
every mother fears: her 13-year-old son, Tommy, has vanished in the woods of a
local park. Riddled with worry, pain, and guilt, Elizabeth is wholly
unprepared for the strange series of events that follow.
Rich in curiosity and virtue, poor in dirths of the imagination and the dull phrase, Bandersnatch in this dead trees edition, eschewing flesh-and-blood for pulp, deals in the currency of wonder and mystery.
A chilling short story collection by the Bram Stoker Award-winner author, including stories set in the world of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock. A thrilling new collection from the award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World bringing his short stories to the UK for the first time. Unearth nineteen tales of suspense and literary horror, including a new story from the world of A Head Full of Ghosts, that offer a terrifying glimpse into Tremblay's fantastically fertile imagination. See a school class haunted by a life-changing video, the forces at work on four men fleeing the pawn shop they robbed at gunpoint, the meth addict kidnapping her daughter as the town is terrorized by a giant monster, or the woman facing all the ghosts who scare her most in a Choose Your Own Adventure. Intricate, humane, ingenious and chilling, embrace the Growing Things.
Set in a secluded New Hampshire cabin, the story follows seven-year-old Wen and her two fathers, Eric and Andrew, as they seek a peaceful family vacation away from modern distractions. The remote location, just miles from the Canadian border and far from civilization, creates an atmosphere of isolation that heightens the tension and suspense throughout their stay.
In Boston a narcoleptic private detective dreams about a reality show contestant asking him to help get her stolen fingers back and awakens to find on his desk a manila envelope containing revealing photos of her
A chilling anthology of 18 stories about the terrifying fears of isolation,
from the modern masters of horror. Featuring Tim Lebbon, Paul Tremblay, Joe R.
Lansdale, M.R. Carey, Ken Liu and many more.
Paul Tremblay's terrifying twist to the home invasion novel--inspiration for the upcoming major motion picture from Universal Pictures "Tremblay's personal best. It's that good." -- Stephen King Seven-year-old Wen and her parents, Eric and Andrew, are vacationing at a remote cabin on a quiet New Hampshire lake. Their closest neighbors are more than two miles in either direction along a rutted dirt road. One afternoon, as Wen catches grasshoppers in the front yard, a stranger unexpectedly appears in the driveway. Leonard is the largest man Wen has ever seen, but he is young, friendly, and he wins her over almost instantly. Leonard and Wen talk and play until Leonard abruptly apologizes and tells Wen, "None of what's going to happen is your fault." Three more strangers then arrive at the cabin carrying unidentifiable, menacing objects. As Wen sprints inside to warn her parents, Leonard calls out: "Your dads won't want to let us in, Wen. But they have to. We need your help to save the world." Thus begins an unbearably tense, gripping tale of paranoia, sacrifice, apocalypse, and survival that escalates to a shattering conclusion, one in which the fate of a loving family and quite possibly all of humanity are entwined. The Cabin at the End of the World is a masterpiece of terror and suspense from the fantastically fertile imagination of Paul Tremblay.
